Daniel Berg Hestad

Daniel Berg Hestad
Hestad training with Molde in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-07-30) 30 July 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Molde, Norway
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
KI Klaksvik (Assistant manager)
Youth career
Molde
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–2003 Molde 258 (55)
2003–2005 SC Heerenveen 41 (5)
2005–2016 Molde 258 (25)
Total 557 (85)
International career
1995–1998 Norway U21 27 (12)
1998 Norway U23 3 (0)
1998–2003 Norway 8 (0)
Managerial career
2017–2022 Molde 2 (U19)
2023 KÍ Klaksvik (assistant)
2024– Molde 2
Medal record
Molde
Winner Norwegian Football Cup 1994
Winner Norwegian Football Cup 2005
Winner Tippeligaen 2011
Winner Tippeligaen 2012
Winner Norwegian Football Cup 2013
Winner Tippeligaen 2014
Winner Norwegian Football Cup 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Berg Hestad (born 30 July 1975) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player, who played as a central midfielder, most notably for Molde. He is the manager of Molde 2 and the Under-19 squad of Molde.[1] With 666 official appearances, he is the player with most official matches for Molde.[2] He currently holds the record for most matches in Eliteserien with 473. He is three time Norwegian league champion, and four times Norwegian Cup champion with Molde, being the joint most decorated player of the club with seven trophies along with Etzaz Hussain.

He retired from football after playing the Europa League round of 32 game against Sevilla which Molde won 1–0, 25 February 2016, in his 666th match for Molde.

  1. ^ "2017–18 UEFA Youth League Molde squad". UEFA. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. ^ "MFK factsheet". MFKweb.org (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 October 2011.